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Also known as Jerome Bernard Orbach

American actor and singer (1935-2004)

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Jerry Orbach was an American actor born in New York City in 1935. He worked as a stage, television, and film actor, with a career spanning from 1955 to 2004. Orbach was educated at the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign, Northwestern University, the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, and the Actors Studio. He spoke and wrote in English.

He received a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical and was nominated for the same honor. Orbach died of prostate cancer in New York City in 2004. He is buried at Trinity Church Cemetery. He had two children. His notable works include *Scuba duba* and *Man on the Roof*.

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Person · Open Library

Works
2

Top works

  • Scuba duba
  • Man on the Roof

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Film & TV

Acting · New York City, New York, USA

Jerome Bernard Orbach (October 20, 1935 – December 28, 2004) was an American actor and singer. He is best known for his role as Detective Lennie Briscoe in the series Law & Order (1992–2004) and as the voice of Lumière in Disney's Beauty and the Beast (1991), as well as for being a noted musical theatre star; his prominent roles included originating the character of El Gallo in The Fantasticks,…

Known for

  • Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age — Self2021
  • Howard — Self / Lumiere (archive footage)2018
  • The New Yorker Presents — Detective Lennie Brisco2016
  • Waking Sleeping Beauty — Self (archive footage)2009
  • Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards — Chuck Baxter (segment "Promises, Promises") (archive footage)2005
  • Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party — Lumiere (voice)2005
  • Law & Order: Trial by Jury — Lennie Briscoe2005
  • Broadway's Lost Treasures II — Host (segment "Revivals and Record Breakers") / Billy Flynn (segment "Chicago")2004
  • Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There — Self2003
  • Try to Remember: The Fantasticks — Self2003

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Country
United States
Active from
1935
Active to
2004

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
26,968
Total plays
111,874

Tags

musicalBroadwaymusical theaterSoundtrackDisney

Jerome Bernard Orbach (October 20, 1935 – December 28, 2004) was an American actor best known for his starring role as wisecracking Detective Lennie Briscoe in the Law & Order television series and for his musical theater roles. Orbach was born in the Bronx, a borough of New York City, son of Emily Olexy (a Polish American Roman Catholic) and the late Leon Orbach, a German Jew of Sephardic descent. He was an only child and raised as a Roman Catholic. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Jerry+Orb

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